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  2. Shipbuilding in the American colonies - Wikipedia

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    The Atlantic triangular trade formed a major component of the colonial American economy, involving Europe, Africa and the Americas.The primary component of the transatlantic triangular trade consisted of slave ships from Europe sailing to Africa loaded with manufactured goods; once the ships arrived at African shores, the European slavers would exchange the goods aboard their ships for ...

  3. Maritime history of Colonial America - Wikipedia

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    The first successful English colony was established in 1607, on the James River at Jamestown. It languished for decades until a new wave of settlers arrived in the late 17th century and set up commercial agriculture based on tobacco.

  4. Godspeed (ship) - Wikipedia

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    The most recent replica was built at Rockport Marine [4] in Rockport, Maine, and completed in early 2006. Its length overall is 88 feet (27 m), with the deck 65.5 feet (20.0 m) long, and the main mast 71.5 feet (21.8 m) tall, carrying 2,420 square feet (225 m 2 ) of sail.

  5. American colonial marines - Wikipedia

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    The Harrison and her Marine detachment fought against three British warships in Boston Harbor on 24 November 1775. [1] On 27 November 1775, Lee and her Marine detachment captured a sloop off the New England coast. Over the next several weeks, these Marines participated in the capture of many British ships off the coast of New England.

  6. Continental Navy - Wikipedia

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    The Continental Navy was the navy of the Thirteen Colonies (later the United States) during the American Revolutionary War.Founded on October 13, 1775, the fleet developed into a substantial force throughout the Revolutionary War, owing partially to the efforts of naval patrons within the Continental Congress.

  7. Jamestown supply missions - Wikipedia

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    The Jamestown supply missions were a series of fleets (or sometimes individual ships) from 1607 to around 1611 that were dispatched from England by the London Company (also known as the Virginia Company of London) with the specific goal of initially establishing the company's presence and later specifically maintaining the English settlement of "James Fort" on present-day Jamestown Island.

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